U.S. Police Leaders, Visiting Scotland, Get Lessons on Avoiding Deadly Force

The United States and Britain are bound by a common language and a shared history, and their law enforcement agencies have been close partners for generations. But a difference long curious to Americans stands out: Most British police officers are unarmed, a distinction particularly pronounced here in Scotland, where 98 percent of the country’s officers do not carry guns. For them, calming a situation through talk, rather than escalating it with weapons...
Read more: http://ift.tt/1M9GGVm